Ireland I-KER-148

An Cnoc Breac | Knockbrack (I-KER-148)

Inscription

SE..MAC..QENIAECE....A.......S

Ogham reads along the stemline — usually bottom to top on standing stones. How to read Ogham →

Stone ID
I-KER-148
Country
Ireland
This record is drawn from the OG(H)AM corpus — the authoritative scholarly database of Ogham inscriptions, compiled by a team of epigraphers, archaeologists, and linguists. Transcription conventions and dating follow established epigraphic standards.

Provenance

Discovery: Moore in Condit and Corlett 2005, 21-36

Findspot: Knockbrack (An Cnoc Breac https://www.logainm.ie/en/23610), Co. Kerry, Ireland (ITM coordinates: 487295, 606295)

Last recorded location(s): in situ

Support

National Monuments Service SMR ID: KE047-105001-

Object type: Rock outcrop with rock art

Material: Stone type unknown

Dimensions:

Inscription

Text field: An irregular shaped rock outcrop (2.3m E-W; 2.1m N-S; H 0.55m) which tilts to the W, is situated on the NW side of a slight mound (6.1m N-S; 4.8m E-W) (Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC). There is extensive rock art (KE047-105----) on the upper and eastern faces, while the W face is blank. The ogham inscription is ‘on a natural ridge on the top of the broad face’ (Moore in Condit and Corlett 2005, 23). The only plausible reading requires inversion of the H and B series of letters. It then reads from R to L (Moore in Condit and Corlett 2005, 21-36)

Letters: The scores (L 7cm; T 1cm) and notches (L 3cm) are cut deeply into the rock, with 1cm between each (Moore in Condit and Corlett 2005, 21-36)

Edition

Transcription: SE..MAC..QENIAECE…A…S

References

  • Macalister 1945, …
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Visiting the An Cnoc Breac | Knockbrack (I-KER-148) Ogham Stone

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